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sinusitis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An inflammation of one or more paranasal sinuses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

inflammation of one of the paranasal sinuses

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inflammation, redness, rubor

Narrower terms: pansinusitis

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English sinus Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English sinusitis From sinus + -itis.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: sinusitis — inflammation
  • Belarusian: сінусіт (sinusit) — inflammation
  • Bulgarian: синузит (sinuzit) — inflammation
  • Burmese: ထိပ်ကပ်နာ (htipkapna) — inflammation
  • Catalan: sinusitis — inflammation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鼻竇炎 /鼻窦炎 (bídòuyán) — inflammation
  • Czech: zánět dutin — inflammation
  • Czech: sinusitida — inflammation
  • Dutch: bijholteontsteking — inflammation
  • Dutch: sinusitis — inflammation
  • Esperanto: sinusito — inflammation
  • Finnish: sinuiitti — inflammation
  • Finnish: poskiontelontulehdus — inflammation
  • French: sinusite — inflammation
  • Galician: sinusite — inflammation
  • German: Sinusitis — inflammation
  • Greek: ιγμορίτιδα (igmorítida) — inflammation
  • Hungarian: arcüreggyulladás — inflammation
  • Italian: sinusite — inflammation
  • Japanese: 副鼻腔炎 (fukubikō-en) — inflammation
  • Kazakh: синусит (sinusit) — inflammation
  • Korean: 부비동염 (bubidong'yeom) — inflammation
  • Korean: 부비강염 (bubigang'yeom) — inflammation
  • Lithuanian: haimoritas — inflammation
  • Malay: resdung — inflammation
  • Māori: pakohu kakā — inflammation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bihulebetennelse — inflammation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: biholebetennelse — inflammation
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bihólebetennelse — inflammation
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: biholebetennelse — inflammation
  • Persian: کاوکآماس — inflammation
  • Persian: سینوزیت (sinuzit) — inflammation
  • Polish: zapalenie zatok — inflammation
  • Portuguese: sinusite — inflammation
  • Romanian: sinuzită — inflammation
  • Russian: синуси́т (sinusít) — inflammation
  • Russian: гаймори́т (gajmorít) — inflammation
  • Spanish: sinusitis — inflammation
  • Swedish: bihåleinflammation — inflammation
  • Swedish: sinusit — inflammation
  • Swedish: sinuit — inflammation
  • Tamil: புரையழற்சி (puraiyaḻaṟci) — inflammation
  • Thai: โพรงอากาศอักเสบ — inflammation
  • Turkish: sinüzit — inflammation
  • Vietnamese: viêm xoang — inflammation